‘The HSE is denying me a proper way of life’

A teenager who lost a leg when he was just two years old has spoken of his “anger” at being denied a proper, active life by the HSE, which claims it can’t afford €4,000 for his replacement prosthetic.

Despite losing his right leg in a lawnmower accident, Ronan Kiely adapted to walking with an artificial limb so successfully that it was hard to tell him apart from other boys.

However, the 14-year-old has grown out of his current prosthetic and has been on a waiting list for a replacement for five months.